| A | B |
|---|
| Charter of the Virginia Company | gave colonists the same rights as Englishmen |
| Virginia Declaration of Rights | model for the Bill of Rights |
| Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | freedom of religion for Virginians |
| Declaration of Independences | included unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| Articles of Confederation | 1st form of government but national governement was weak |
| constitution | a plan of government |
| ratification | approval |
| republic | a government where citizens elect representatives to make laws |
| natural rights | rights people are born with |
| compact | written agreement to make and obey laws |
| consent of the governed | people are the source of any and all governemental power |
| limited government | governemen may only do those things people have given it power to do |
| rule of law | government and those who govern are bound by law |
| democracy | government where people share in the power |
| sovereignty | nations power to make and carry out laws |
| representaive government | system of government in which people elect representatives to make laws and conduct government on their behalf |
